Mmmm, I won’t be voting for The Mittani – even though I agree with him on lots of things. I haven’t looked at all the other candidates, but from past rounds Trebor, Selene, Aleksyev Karrde, and Roc Wieler are ones I will be looking at closely.

@rcox – Do you have an example of that? I mean, if you could point to people on the CSM or at CCP who said they can’t work with him because he won’t listen to people, that would be something to think about.

And, frankly, I would be less enthusiastic about him if he was mock-enthusiastic about every hare-brained scheme that came along.

“‘You gotta respect everyone’s beliefs.’ No. You don’t. That gets us in trouble. You have to reserve the right to go “That’s fuckin’ stupid.””

He has game issues he wants to see changed, some of which are against interest for his own alliance, but which would make the game better. And if you listen to his debate with Riverini, I think he expresses well what the CSM should be doing and what the power of the chairman can be. But to be the chairman, he needs to win the most votes, so every vote does count.

@SynCaine – Mittens was on Jabber asking people to get out the vote, though I had already done this post before that started. The Goons have their own exit poll so they have a sense of how many of their own member have voted.

And, technically, I am not a goon. I am in the TNT alliance which happens to be a goon ally at the moment. Though, that depends on how you define goon I suppose. I do have a Something Awful account, though I do not post very often, and so do not meet the qualifications to join the goons in EVE.

Plus, I voted for him for CSM6, back when I was a high sec, mission running pubbie, and that turned out pretty well.

Believe it or not, it is a myth that anyone, Mittens included, “instructs” us how to interact with the public or play the game, besides coalition fleet compositions. The people who are in Goonswarm, and the greater CFC actually want to be there. We believe and his record proves that he is the best canidate for the game right now. Chalking up his wide support to some sort of coercion misses the strength of his record and his voter-appeal for the coming term.